‏ 2 Kings 16:10-16

Damascus Falls

10 Now King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet aTiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and he saw the altar which was at Damascus; and King Ahaz sent to bUrijah the priest the
Lit likeness
pattern of the altar and its model, according to all its workmanship.
11So Urijah the priest built an altar; according to everything that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, in that way Urijah the priest made it,
Lit until
before the coming of King Ahaz from Damascus.
12And when the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar; then ethe king approached the altar and
Or offered on it
went up to it,
13and
Lit offered up in smoke
burned his burnt offering and his meal offering, and poured out his
I.e., libation
drink offering and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings on the altar.
14And ithe bronze altar, which was before the Lord,
Lit he also
he brought from the front of the house, from between khis altar and the house of the Lord, and he put it on the north side of his altar.
15Then King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, “Upon the great altar
Lit offer up in smoke
burn mthe morning burnt offering, the evening meal offering, the king’s burnt offering and his meal offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, their meal offering, and their
I.e., libations
drink offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of the sacrifice. But othe bronze altar shall be for me, for making inquiries.”
16So Urijah the priest acted in accordance with everything that King Ahaz commanded.
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